Classroom Observation Paper

Through observations, many thoughts can be running through our minds at what we observe. Some of our thoughts can be good and/or bad because we unconsciously generate particular thoughts based on personal experiences, stereotypes, biases, etc. A couple of days ago, I observed some students that were sitting around me in the library. I observed various students over the course of 4 to 5 hours because I was also working on homework for other classes as well. Before and after my classes I go to the 4th floor in the library, on the individual desks to eat work on homework, and study for my classes. It’s become my second home.

This week I did both an interview and a small observation of my third grade host teacher's classroom. I was first able to interview my host teacher. Miss A does use many of the techniques for teaching words that were listed on my observation form. Specifically she uses crossword puzzles, dramatizing, word sorts, possible sentences and dictionaries. She also uses many techniques that are not listed on the observation sheet as well. She does a lot of repetition with her students. She has them right there words in rainbow colors, in vowels and consonants colors, in alphabetical order and many more that I didn't see. Miss a believes that " they are all useful for different students. Some students feel like crosswords are helpful and others feel like pictures are helpful" () I would completely agree with her statement in this regard. I do think it's good to have many different options for the many different students you have in your class. Miss a believed that there were a lot of benefits to wide reading. She make sure that the children are provided with a variety of texts especially her students who are ELL students. She mention specifically that it "helps build their schema for Content areas such as social studies and science and the vocabulary that goes with that."()

This classroom was very organized and it did have a lot of things labeled. I recognized that the teacher had a lot of things in her classroom labeled. She had words like door on the door in the classroom. She used a lot of bright colors. I also recognized that the teacher did a lot of one-on-one with her students. For example, she did very small group activities and a lot of the activities consist of one-on-one activities. She allowed the children to experiment with the project. She stated that she like to have children to participate in morning discussion. This time allows her to introduce the new letter of the week. She believes that children learn a lot of literacy through song and dancing. The children would sing the songs as they played in the classroom. Some of them would dance to music.

The classroom observed for this assignment was a 4/5 year old (pre-kindergarten/kindergarten) room in a local day care. After researching the correlation between play, development, and diversity, many realizations came to light. First, there are different stages of play and they all correlate with the developmental stages. Then, diversity is found in every classroom, either positively or negatively effecting the room. Educators who are flexible with change and comprehends the levels of development for children are expected to create a positive and effective learning environment filled with play-based activities. Below show three scenarios of classrooms from infants, toddlers, and preschool/kindergarten room.

My first observation was completed by my school professor. Going into the lesson, I really was not sure what she would be looking for when observing me. I felt this was a good thing because not knowing, I just taught the way I usually do and as nervous as I was, overall I was pleased with my performance and evaluated effectiveness as a teacher.

Interactions between groups of people at sports events, especially on college campuses, have a large presence and seem to bring groups of people together. A group in sociology can be defined as people who interact with one another and who believe that what they have in common is significant; also called a social group. The audience ranged from children to seniors, from diverse race and age, but all seemed to share multiple norms and behaviors throughout the game that were fascinating to observe. The subjects, though very diverse subgroups in the audience are being studied, held similar norms and behaviors that created a sense of community among the audience, especially when specific obvious behaviors were reciprocated

The purpose of this observation was to observe how elementary students learn with a focus on conditional conditioning, operant conditioning, the social learning theory, as well as phonemes, morphemes, and syntax. The observation took place at Karaffa Elementary School on March 29, 2017 and March 30, 2017. There were 3 groups of students from the Psychology class going to observe 3 different classes at KES. The observation on this date was in Mrs. Donnelly’s classroom at around 1:00 pm. The subject that was chosen to be observed was a female who was in the 2nd grade. Both days of observation consisted of the same topic which was telling time. In the next paragraph, the description of the subject and the classroom will be discussed.

At this point of my observation, I am questioning how important is to be familiar with the person that we need to greet. It seems that the people I have observed so far need to be very familiar, not just being acquaintances, but to have certain kind of closer relationship. The young male student greeting to his instructor (my assumption) is an example of the role of familiarity when people greet.

During the duration of Alternative Education Perspectives, the class has visited different educational environments. The different environments include Spectrum School, Beloit Memorial High School, and the Welty Center. Spectrum School, which is located in Rockford Illinois, is a private school ranging from the ages 4 to 14. Beloit Memorial High School, which is located in Beloit Wisconsin, is a public high school that houses about 1900 students from the ages of 14 to 18. The Welty center, which is located in Beloit Wisconsin, is an environmental center that teaches kids from the ages 4 to 14. The three different learning environments teach their kids using different techniques. There is controversy on how each place teaches, but all of the teaching techniques are effective in teaching their students. Spectrum School, Beloit Memorial High School, and Welty Center use different teaching techniques that are similar to the readings in class.

My observation was done in a Kindergarten classroom for 3 hour when the children were eating lunch and playing. What I observed a child sit down at the lunch table and, points across at some of the children at the table, loudly saying, “You are not my friend, you are not my friend, to another child. I also saw this child then direct particular children where they are a post to sit according to who is a “friend and who is not a friend”. I watched the children change seats as told by this child. The children that were not aloud to sit with this child went and told the teacher (Atlas, & Pepler,1998).After lunch the teacher talked to the child about what happened in the lunch room and the child said not happened. So the teacher sat all the children down to talk to them about what she saw in the lunch. Teacher said that we all friends. That when we say words to other children it hurts their feelings and they are also bullying them.

I would make the topic of data collecting, organizing, and presenting relevant to the children by introducing it and modeling it. As an early childhood educator I understand that children should be allowed to explore and they are curious. They wonder as they explore and will ask questions. Furthermore I comprehend that each of these questions causes the need for children to observe, collect information or data, reflect upon our data, and determine answer and for theories around the world (Davis & Keller, 2009. p.70).

After observing my subject over the past four days, I've made some interesting observations of someone that I have failed to notice for the past four years of high school. Knowing them by only by their name, I was curious to see what I could unveil about them from only their observable behaviors.

This report will contain the observations and discoveries I made during the four hours I spent observing Mr. Hall’s 12th grade class, Mrs. McBride’s 9th grade class, and Mrs. Casper’s 11th and 12th grade classes of Corrigan-Camden High School. It should cover classroom management, teaching style, classroom organization, interventions, and any other notable findings. I will start off by describing what happened during my observation and then conclude with reflections about my time spent in the class.

I have been a student teacher or shadowed teachers over the course of 5 years. Throughout this semester, I have observed a Physical Education teacher for a total amount of 20 hours. During this time, I have been able to figure out the different ways a physical education teacher instructs the class, discipline the students, and handles the responsibilities that are evident in a non-traditional classroom setting. I will be discussing my field experience hours and connect what I have observed to the course book. Specifically, I will relate the experience that I obtained with the ideas of positive reinforcement, motivation, and classroom management.

For this assignment, I observed a tutorial one-on-one session at Face to Face, which is a non-profit organization located in Germantown, Philadelphia. Face to Face offers programs and hospitality services to children, individuals, and families who are living in deep poverty. Throughout the school year, Face to Face offers after school programs for students PreK-12th grade. During the summer, they offer a children’s day camp, as well as a “back to school readiness camp,” which provides children with intensive literacy and mathematics support before they go back to school. The summer day camp has approximately 100 children attendees, and the back to school readiness program has 50 student attendees. The tutorial